The Pteronyssidae are a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of the Acarina (
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...
)
order
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
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Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order (biology), order of mites comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Astigmatina, but Oribatida has been promoted to an order, and A ...
. They contain many
feather mite
Feather mites are the members of diverse mite Superfamily (zoology), superfamilies:
* superorder Acariformes
** Psoroptidia
*** Analgoidea
*** Freyanoidea
*** Pterolichoidea
* superorder Parasitiformes
** Dermanyssoidea
They are ectoparasites on ...
s.
Selected genera
* ''
Anephippius''
* ''
Bernierinyssus
''Bernierinyssus'' is a genus of feather mite in the family Pteronyssidae, endemic to Madagascar. The six known species are specialist ectoparasites on Bernieridae, Malagasy warblers (Bernieridae). The first known member of the genus, ''Bernieriny ...
''
* ''
Cleyastobius''
* ''
Conomerus''
* ''
Dicrurobius''
* ''
Hyonyssus''
* ''
Metapteronyssus''
* ''
Micropteroherpus''
* ''
Monapsidus''
* ''
Mouchetia''
* ''
Neopteronyssus''
* ''
Parapteronyssus''
* ''
Pegopteronyssus''
* ''
Pteroherpus''
* ''
Pteronyssoides''
* ''
Pteronyssus''
* ''
Pterotrogus''
* ''
Ramphastobius''
* ''
Scutulanyssus''
* ''
Stenopteronyssus''
* ''
Timalinyssus''
* ''
Vanginyssus''
* ''
Zygepigynia''
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050304231640/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Pteronyssidae.txt
Sarcoptiformes
Parasites of birds
Taxa named by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans
Acari families
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